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EsCiclismo.com · Road Competition · 06/10/2020
The French cyclist Arnaud Dmare (Groupama-FDJ) won this Tuesday the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia, on a 140-kilometer route between Catania and Villafranca Tirrena, in which the sprint ahead of the Slovak Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) portugus Joao Almeida (Deceunick-Quick Step) kept the pink jersey.
Dmare beat Sagan and Italian Davide Ballerini (Deceunick-Quick Step) by millimeters in an intense sprint, finishing the stage in 3 hours, 22 minutes and 13 seconds.
Joao Almeida kept the overall leader’s pink jersey ahead of Ecuadorian Jonathan Caicedo (Education First), on a day when one of the great favorites, Britain’s Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadier), announced his retirement.
The fourth day of Tour of Italy It was opened with the definitive retirement of Geraint Thomas, who paid for the fall suffered on Monday on the neutralized route before the start of the third stage, and was forced to say goodbye to the race for physical reasons.
Three riders tried to emulate the feat achieved on Monday by Jonathan Caicedo, who escaped and was the leader from start to finish, and attacked in the first kilometers of this fourth Sicilian stage, whose only outstanding climb was that of Portella Mandrazzi, in the section central (20 km with a 4% slope).
The Swiss Simon Pellaud (Androni), the Polish Kamil Gradek (CCC) and the Italian Marco Frapporti (Vini Zab-KTM) took an advantage of more than three minutes over the peloton, but only the former managed to stay in front of the pack. race to the final 25 kilometers.
Meanwhile, Caicedo tried to cross the intermediate goal of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ahead of Almeida to get the “bonus” that the pink jersey would give him, but the Portuguese managed to defend himself and secured one more day as leader of the general classification.
The peloton reached with ease after the long descent from Portella Mandrazzi to Pellaud and the teams began to prepare for the final sprint, while Colombian Fernando Gaviria (UAE Emirates) lost about 40 seconds ten kilometers from the end for a flat tire and was part with your chances of victory.
The Groupama-FDJ team was the one that best managed the final sprint, hampered by a light rain that fell in Villafranca Tirrena, and after a first attack by Australian Miles Scotson, Demare opened an intense duel with Sagan, who is still looking for his first victory in the turn.
Finally Dmare managed to enter by millimeters ahead of triple world champion Sagan, with Davide Ballerini completing the podium. For the French runner it was the eleventh victory of the year.
The general classification, which lost one of the great favorites, Geraint Thomas, continues to see Almeida in pink, with two seconds ahead of Jonathan Caicedo and 39 over the Spanish Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-McLaren).
The Giro d’Italia will continue this Wednesday with the dispute of its fifth stage, already on the Italian mainland, with a broken profile and 225 kilometers, starting in Miletus and finishing in Camigliatello Silano.
Classifications [Clasificaciones completas]
Stage classification:
1. Arnaud Dmare (FRA / Groupama-FDJ) – 3:22:13
2. Peter Sagan (SVK / Bora-Hansgrohe) – mt
3. Davide Ballerini (ITA / Deceuninck-Quick Step) – mt
4. Andrea Vendrame (ITA / AG2R-La Mondiale) – mt
5. Elia Viviani (ITA / Cofidis) – mt
6. Stefano Oldani (ITA / Lotto-Soudal) – mt
7. Davide Cimolai (ITA / Israel Start-Up Nation) – mt
8. Michael Matthews (AUS / Sunweb) – mt
9. Filippo Fiorelli (ITA / Bardiani-CSF-Faizan) – mt
10. Enrico Battaglin (ITA / Bahrain-McLaren) – mt
General classification:
1. Joo Almeida (POR / Deceuninck-Quick Step) – 11:06:36
2. Jonathan Klever Caicedo (ECU / Education First) at 0:02
3. PELLO BILBAO (ESP / Bahrein-McLaren) at 0:39
4. Wilco Kelderman (NED / Sunweb) at 0:44
5. Harm Vanhoucke (BEL / Lotto-Soudal) at 0:55
6. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA / Trek-Segafredo) at 0:57
7. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA / NTT) at 1:01
8. Brandon McNulty (US / UAE Emirates) at 1:13
9. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN / Astana) at 1:15 AM
10. Steven Kruijswijk (NED / Jumbo-Visma) at 1:17
Next stage, 5: Mileto – Camigliatello Silano / 225 Km.
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